Good Dog Creative

We all had to start from somewhere and for some of us that somewhere was a completely blank slate. For a host of reasons many people deciding to make web design their career don’t go to school for that particular field of study. In my case, I was a visual art major and spent my college life in classical art classes such as painting and drawing. After school I found myself in my first job as a graphic designer which, through a few employment changes and some dumb luck, ended up in a web design position. Luckily for me and for others like me, there is a plethora of online learning resources for those wanting to start out in web design and front-end development.

Here are some of the best places on the web for newcomers that I used to learn the basic skills I would need to succeed as a web designer. continue reading…

For day 25 of the daily design challenge I thought I’d give Gooddogcreative.com it’s own persona. “Personas are easy-to-use themes that let you personalize the look of your Firefox.”

This persona has been added to the persona gallery so now everyone can have a Good Dog Creative themed Firefox.

Based off of a shirt that my wife and I picked up when we were in Memphis, TN. The shirt speaks the truth, “No White. No Black. Just Blues.”

Just as a side note… if you don’t have Freddie King’s “Same Old Blues”, Buddy Guy’s version of “Mustang Sallie” or Otis Rush’s “I Can’t Quit You Baby”, do your ears a favor and add them your playlist. Trust me. continue reading…

Cutting contests were a form of musical battles between various stride [a jazz piano style] piano players between the 1920s and 1940s, and to a lesser extent in improvisatory competition on other jazz instruments during the swing era. The practice exists in some vestigial form in the “trading” of segments of a tune in jazz improvising.

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A desktop featuring a line from the Elton John song “Rocket Man”. I use parts of the Stereoscopic Image tutorial from PSDtuts to guide me on this one.

If anyone would like to use this desktop in any way please feel free.

The widespread hatred for the Comic Sans font throughout the design community is well known. While that particular font is avoided as if it carries the black plague, sometimes a playful comic style font is still useful. Here I’ve gathered 5 well designed and playful alternatives to Comic Sans that are free for personal and non-commercial use with simple, cheap and even noble licensing options. continue reading…

After a long weekend and an extra day off I’m back and picking things up with day 19 of the daily design challenge. This is a dual monitor wallpaper featuring some pipes and gears on a dark textured background. Please feel free to take and use this however you wish.